No pictures but lots of good news….Peter came home this afternoon. ? He has a Zabar’s feast awaiting him when he wakes up.
Peter does pizza…al fresco
May 30, 2009 by
I lied….one more Peter update before convocation….maybe I will lie again to tell you when he’s home. But here’s what happened today. Peter’s sisters take him outdoors:
Last hospital update
May 28, 2009 by
With Macaulay convocation on Monday, I am trying to devote just a little more bandwidth to the thousand people who will be in Alice Tully Hall to see their sons and daughters graduate. But you want to know about Peter, right?? He deserves some congratulations too.? So here he is, walking for the first time.? […]
Wednesday morning
May 27, 2009 by
Peter was strong enough at midnight to call Caroline to ask for his cell phone. Thanks, Caroline, for not hanging up on him …and for delivering it! And thanks for many emails and messages.? We had a good night too.
More Cuba
April 13, 2009 by
Right around now, you are probably wishing I knew how to add photos in WordPress….if you could teach me how to do that, please let me know!? In fact, most of WordPress eludes me.? So that is why I am stuck, slow to update, slow to write, just slow….. In the meantime, here are some […]
Havana 2009
April 5, 2009 by
I am just back from an extraordinary week in Cuba.? It will take a while to assimilate the sights, experiences, and ideas of the past seven days.? Mostly, I think in terms of paradox and irony, a country of massive contradictions.? I saw many things I admired, and many that were horrifying, and it was […]
Visiting UT Austin
February 10, 2009 by
Plan II Honors College is a 75-year old program, a bit older than Macaulay!? I visited with the founders of the program as well as its current administrators.? Watch out…I am coming back with
MARC DONNER GOOGLES AT MACAULAY
February 5, 2009 by
Last night’s Dean’s Dinner was a full house. Marc Donner gave a wonderful talk about the personal and professional decisions that led him to Google. Thanks to him and also to David Bauer, who introduced
Orfeo at the Met
January 31, 2009 by
Extraordinary performance by Stephanie Blythe. Was it because of her, the length of the opera (90 minutes!), the ever fascinating story of Orpheus descending to the underworld to save his wife Eurdydice, or Peter Gelb’s